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  <section id="downloading-leo">
<h1>Downloading Leo<a class="headerlink" href="#downloading-leo" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>There are two ways to download Leo:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">leo</span></code> will automatically download <em>and</em> install Leo, including all Leo’s dependencies, less a couple of non-essential things. See <a class="reference external" href="installing.html#installing-leo-with-pip">Installing Leo with pip</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Recommended: install Leo using <a class="reference external" href="https://git-scm.com/">git</a>, see <a class="reference external" href="installing.html#installing-leo-with-git">Installing Leo with git</a>. Git gives you the latest, thoroughly tested code with nothing missing.</p></li>
<li><p>If you prefer a new development version and don’t want to use git download a <a class="reference external" href="download.html#snapshots">Nightly snapshot</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<section id="snapshots">
<h2>Snapshots<a class="headerlink" href="#snapshots" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>.zip snapshots can be downloaded directly from <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor">GitHub</a>. No account is required.  The downloaded file will have a name like:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">leo</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">editor</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="n">c070b715b9fec50c31be5853055a0ebc72cad5</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">zip</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>where the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">50c0...cad5</span></code> part is the ID or fingerprint of the version you’ve downloaded.  Except “Latest”, which is just <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">leo-editor-master.zip</span></code>.</p>
<p>Here are direct download links for the “devel” branch, which changes frequently and contains all recent bug fixes:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/devel.zip">Latest devel</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/devel&#64;{1%20day%20ago}.zip">devel: 1 day ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/devel&#64;{2%20days%20ago}.zip">devel: 2 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/devel&#64;{5%20days%20ago}.zip">devel: 5 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/devel&#64;{10%20days%20ago}.zip">devel: 10 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/devel&#64;{30%20days%20ago}.zip">devel: 30 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/devel&#64;{90%20days%20ago}.zip">devel: 90 days ago</a></p></li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>Here are direct download links for the “master” branch, which rarely changes and contains the most stable code:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/master.zip">Latest master</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/master&#64;{1%20day%20ago}.zip">master: 1 day ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/master&#64;{2%20days%20ago}.zip">master: 2 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/master&#64;{5%20days%20ago}.zip">master: 5 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/master&#64;{10%20days%20ago}.zip">master: 10 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/master&#64;{30%20days%20ago}.zip">master: 30 days ago</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/archive/master&#64;{90%20days%20ago}.zip">master: 90 days ago</a></p></li>
</ul>
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</section>
<section id="ignore-standalone-leo-exe">
<h2>&#64;ignore Standalone Leo.exe<a class="headerlink" href="#ignore-standalone-leo-exe" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Getting to the archive in order to download is a bit of work as there isn’t a stable url.</p>
<p>Getting to the latest leo.exe:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Navigate to <strong>Actions</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Select <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/actions?query=workflow:%22Build+standalone+leo.exe%22">Build standalone leo.exe</a> from workflow list in the left table of contents</p></li>
<li><p>Look for a recent event with a check mark and click on it</p></li>
<li><p>Look for <strong>Artifacts</strong> heading and under it: <strong>leo-windows-exe</strong> in blue.</p></li>
</ol>
</div></blockquote>
<img alt="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/486200/83912441-bb38a600-a722-11ea-9abf-43ce833723c2.png" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/486200/83912441-bb38a600-a722-11ea-9abf-43ce833723c2.png" />
<img alt="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/486200/83912469-c390e100-a722-11ea-868a-cf56c379eec0.png" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/486200/83912469-c390e100-a722-11ea-868a-cf56c379eec0.png" />
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<section id="upgrading-in-place">
<h1>Upgrading in place<a class="headerlink" href="#upgrading-in-place" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<blockquote>
<div><ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Download source archive from Github repository, <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/tree/devel">devel branch</a></p></li>
<li><p>Replace contents of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">C:\Apps\leo\leo\*.*</span></code> with contents of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">leo-editor\leo\*.*</span></code>. (Note: the nested “leoleo” folder structure is significant.)</p></li>
</ol>
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